Samuel mcquerns and benjn



-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL MCQUERNS AND BENJN. M. LYON, OF ABBEV ILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

BEDSTEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,222, dated March 8, 1859.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL MCQUERNS and BENJAMIN M. LYON, of Abbevilledistrict and State of South Oarolina,`have invented a new and ImprovedMode of Con structing Bedsteads; and we refer to the following drawingsand description for the full and intelligible specification of saidinvention by the letters on said drawing, to wit:

In the middle of the end and side railings is a joint made and connectedby the use of a common hinge or butt let in on the under side of saidrailing as indicated by the let ters, A, A, A, A. Also the ends of allthe railings are connected to the uprights or posts by means lof thesame kind of hinges or butts let into said railings and posts as shownat the letters, B, B, B, B, by means of which hinges the entire frame isconstructed and made to occupy not exceeding one fourth the spaceoccupied by bedsteads in our chambers; likewise for 4the sake ofadditional strength small staples and hooks are used as shown at theletters O, C, O, C thus, in each post midway between the meeting of theends of the several rails is inserted a. small staple to which staple ispei manently fastened two hooks each of which hooks fasten into likestaples inserted into the railings near the ends on the inside as atletter C, by means of which staples and hooks all the different railingsand posts are more closely, strongly and securely connected without thenecessity of either mortise or tenen, boring or screws which areentirely dispensed with under the operation of this invention. Thehead-board is fastened by means of small hooks in the upright and eyesin the ends of said boards as shown at letters, D, D, D, D.

That we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The use of the hinges in the middle of both the cross and longitudinalrails, in combination with the hinges between the rails and postssubstantially, as and for the purposes specified.

SAMUEL MCQUERNS. B. M. LYON.

Witnesses i lV. O. DAVIS, T. R. COCHRAN.

